Originally Posted by SunDog

banking sharply does not mean that you will gain airspeed. with engine out, you should maintain best glide speed, regardless of bank angle, until you are sure you will make it to your chosen landing site. or until you have chosen a different landing site. and then adjust accordingly to make the field.

a steeper bank will trade altitude for turning radius. if you are on the runway centerline, you don't want a turn that will put you a mile off to one side, but if you are on a wide downwind when the engine fails then you might want that more shallow bank.

this thing about staying coordinated is a red herring. there is no excuse to be unintentionally uncoordinated regardless of bank angle. we shouldn't set emergency procedures to work around bad technique. we should fix the bad habits instead.